Rosary for Vocations

With Reflections on the Luminous Mysteries

Why Pray for Vocations with the Rosary?The Rosary is a treasury of prayers that takes us to God’s heart by way of Mary’s heart. If we listen carefully, we learn the desire of Mary’s heart when she says of her divine Son, “Do whatever He tells you” ( John 2:5). And what does her Son tell us to do? “Come,” He is calling to us, “follow Me” (Matthew 19:21).

Through praying with Our Lady in the Rosary, then, contemplating the mysteries of her Son, we join her in answering His call, and in asking that others might do the same.

The First Luminous Mystery:Our Lord’s Baptism in the JordanPrayer intention: Our fulfillment of the universal vocation to holiness

The Second Luminous Mystery:Our Lord’s Miracle at CanaPrayer intention: Vocations to marriage

The Third Luminous Mystery:Our Lord’s Proclamation of the Kingdom of GodPrayer intention: Vocations to the permanent diaconate